APCSP Quiz 1.1

Question 1

What is the College Board and what do they do?

Answer 1

They run AP tests and are close with college and highschool education.

Question 2

Who is ETS? What do they do? What do they have to do with the College Board?

Answer 2

Educational Testing Services. Similar to the College Board, they run official tests for education at a college or highschool level.

Question 3

What comptuer science sources does the College Board offer?

Answer 3

CS Principles and CS A

Question 4

To what type of college level course is APCSP intended to match?

Answer 4

Introductory Level CS course

Question 5

How does APCSA differ from APCSP?

Answer 5

APCSA is Java based, principles covers more topics at an introductory level in the CS world, CSA covers Java in depth and coding concepts more closely.

Question 6

Are there any prerequisites for APCSP?

Answer 6

At CRHS, Algebra is required before taking APCSP.

Question 7

What mathematical concepts are important to success in APCSP?

Answer 7

Basic math and understanding equations and algebra are important.

Question 8

What is the designated programming language for APCSA and APCSP?

Answer 8

Java for CSA and theres no set language for CSP (at CRHS we use python)

Question 9

What is the name given to the major areas of study in APCSP?

Answer 9

Big Ideas

Question 10

What are the Big ideas of study? (There are 5)

Answer 10

Creative Development, Data, Algorithms and Programming, Computer Systems and Networks, Impact of Computing.

Question 11

What are the different parts of the APCSP assessment?

Answer 11

Multiple choice and Create Performance Task

Question 12

What assessment was discontinued for the 2021 exam?

Answer 12

Explore Performance Task

Question 13

How will content from that assessment be assessed in the new exam format?

Answer 13

Through the multiple choice section covering a computing innovation

Question 14

How much time is allowed for the APCSP exam?

Answer 14

The multiple choice has 120 minutes allowed on the day of the test. The CPT needs at least 12 hours of class time to be completed.

Question 15

How many questions are on the APCSP exam?

Answer 15

70 multiple choice

Question 16

What type of questions are on the APCSP exam

Answer 16

The multiple choice cover the 5 big ideas. 57 single select multiple choice. 5 single select with a reading passage about a computing innovation. 8 multi select multiple choice where there coulf be 2 or more answers per question.

Question 17

What is the name of the performance task?

Answer 17

Create Performance Task

Question 18

Briefly describe the Performance Task

Answer 18

The student will develop a computer program of their choice for submission to College Board. It must follow the requirements in the rubric.

Question 19

How much class time is allotted for the performance task?

Answer 19

12 hours of in class time(more than 15 says in CRHS class days)

Question 20

If you don’t sign up for the AP exam, will the performance task still be required for you to pass the class on campus?

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

In what coding language is the APCSP multiple choice exam written?

Answer 21

No specific real coding language, it is written in a AP College Board “Pseudocode” instead

Question 22

What is a passing score on the AP Exam for Principles?

Answer 22

At least a 3.

Question 23

Windows+I

Answer 23

Open settings

Question 24

Ctrl+<

Answer 24

Moves left to the current data

Question 25

Ctrl shift < or >

Answer 25

Makes text smaller and bigger

Question 26

Ctrl right

Answer 26

Goes to the right of the current data

Question 27

Shift arrow keys

Answer 27

Highlights one letter at a time

Question 28

Home key

Answer 28

Top of page

Question 29

End key

Answer 29

Bottom of page

Question 30

Shift end or home

Answer 30

Selects lines of text

Question 31

Ctrl shift s

Answer 31

Save current data under a different name